EMG session sheet

Electrode positions, signal check and MVC test on one sheet

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25.10.2026

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Examiner

Device · sampling rate

Recording set-up per Konrad 2005: Inter-electrode distance 2 cm (centre to centre) · Skin impedance: aim < 10 kΩ, up to 30 kΩ acceptable, above 50 kΩ prepare again · Band-pass 10–500 Hz · Sampling ≥ 1000 Hz · no notch filter

S1 M. Latissimus Dorsi Latissimus Dorsi · left · Shoulder Literature

Position: 4cm below inferior angle of scapula, halfway to spine
Orientation: Oblique, toward inferior angle–humerus
Signal check: Extend, adduct or medially rotate the arm.
Crosstalk from: teres major · lower trapezius
MVC test: Simulated pull-up: elbows at about 90° flexion, check a frontal and a lateral arm position.
Fixation: Fixed bar or machine; trunk stabilised.
Resistance: Pulling against the fixed bar.

Skin prepared ImpedancekΩ Signal check ok MVC peakµV Note

Sources: Boettcher et al. 2008 · Signal check & crosstalk: Criswell 2011 · MVC test & set-up: Konrad 2005
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